Game #2888
Saturday, 9 April 1966
Attendance: 15,165
Lost
Division One
17th (-)
Stoke
DLLDL
Victoria Ground
Stoke City
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Dick Taylor's wildly inconsistent Villa lose for the tenth time in sixteen games to make it twelve wins, five draws and twenty defeats in thirty seven League matches. Meanwhile, ex Villa man Harry Burrows once again does the damage for Stoke - scoring both goals to beat his old side.
Aston Villa
Stoke
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: | 🟥 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1965-66 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Saturday, 9 April 1966
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Dick Taylor |
Referee | Dennis Pritchard, Blackpool |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | DLLDL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dennis Pritchard
CARDS
Villa
Stoke
TEAM NEWS
Dick Taylor names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |
Oldest Player |
W Jimmy MacEwan | 37.07 |
Youngest Player |
D Keith Bradley | 20.20 |
MANAGER
Dick Taylor
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
D Keith Bradley |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Dave Pountney |
M Alan Deakin |
W Jimmy MacEwan |
W Tony Scott |
F Willie Hamilton |
F Phil Woosnam |
CF Tony Hateley |
Stoke
Farmer, Bentley, Skeels, Setters, Kinnell, Woodward (ex) (Bebbington), Burrows (ex) (g) (g), Dobing, Ritchie, Viollett, Vernon. Manager: Tony Waddington.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Bobby Park |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES